annoyingnessn.
/əˈnɔɪɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /əˈnɔɪɪŋnᵻs/ The quality or fact of being annoying, irritating, or tiresome.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoying or vexatious quality
uneasiness1387
noyfulnessa1398
troublousness1530
irksomeness1533
troublesomeness1548
molestiousness1559
sturtsomenessa1586
incommodiousnessa1631
gallingness1647
vexatiousness1650
annoyingness1864
jarringness1865
peskiness1869
tryingness1897
bastardism1993
1864 J. M. D. Meiklejohn Easy Eng. Gram. for Beginners III. vii. iv. 20 In both these sentences we compare the badness and the annoyingness with some vague standard in our minds.
1913 E. Thorndike Educ. Psychol. I. iv. 50 The original satisfyingness of some states of affairs and annoyingness of others.
1958 P. Larkin Let. 3 Nov. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 293 I went to the sub-postoffice in the lunch hour, but it closes from 12.45—1.45, with supreme annoyingness.
2001 J. Queenan Balsamic Dreams ii. 43 Only Baby Boomers are capable of such anachronistic annoyingness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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